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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 138 · 40 questions
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The trick (Cross zero): Warmer or more money: move up the number line. Colder or spending: move down. Crossing zero: count the steps to 0 first, then the steps left over. The gap between a number below zero and one above zero: add the two distances from 0.

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  1. 1.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) −8
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) 4
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 47 (c) 13 (d) −37
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 25 (c) −3 (d) 3
  5. 5.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) −18
  6. 6.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 53 (c) −13 (d) 13
  7. 7.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  8. 8.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 13
  9. 9.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 24 (c) −6 (d) 4
  10. 10.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 1 (d) 9
  11. 11.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 47 (c) 29 (d) −19
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) −2
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) −34
  14. 14.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 11
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 19
  16. 16.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  17. 17.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  18. 18.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 5 (c) 11 (d) 1
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 48 (c) 28 (d) −38
  20. 20.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) −10 (d) 20
  21. 21.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 52 (d) 12
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 7 (c) −19 (d) 19
  23. 23.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 81 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) −21
  24. 24.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  25. 25.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 16
  26. 26.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  27. 27.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 40 (d) 12
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 6 (c) −28 (d) 28
  29. 29.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  30. 30.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 75 (c) −17 (d) −27
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) −5
  32. 32.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) −15
  33. 33.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) −17
  34. 34.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  35. 35.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 36 (d) −6
  36. 36.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) −12
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 17 (c) −23 (d) 23
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) −13
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 18 (d) −30
  40. 40.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) −4 (d) −14

Answer key

  1. −18
  2. 4
  3. 37
  4. 3
  5. −28
  6. 13
  7. −10
  8. 5
  9. −6
  10. −9
  11. 19
  12. 22
  13. 34
  14. −19
  15. −5
  16. −2
  17. 2
  18. 1
  19. 38
  20. 10
  21. 12
  22. 19
  23. −31
  24. 2
  25. 14
  26. 2
  27. 12
  28. 28
  29. −9
  30. −27
  31. −5
  32. −5
  33. −7
  34. 6
  35. 6
  36. 12
  37. 23
  38. 13
  39. 30
  40. −14

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